Make-3.79 problem: configure: error: can not run ./config.sub
Robert Collins
robert.collins@itdomain.com.au
Wed Aug 22 18:09:00 GMT 2001
On 22 Aug 2001 20:44:58 -0400, Charles Wilson wrote:
> Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
>
> >>But I get following error messages already at configure stage:
> >>
> >>bash-2.02$ bash ./configure --prefix=/usr
> >>creating cache ./config.cache
> >>checking for a BSD compatible install... /cygnus/CYGWIN~1/H-I
> >>c
> >>checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> >>checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> >>checking for working aclocal... missing
> >>checking for working autoconf... missing
> >>checking for working automake... missing
> >>checking for working autoheader... missing
> >>checking for working makeinfo... missing
The above are not errors. They are simply testing to see if the
autotools are available - so that if Makefile.am or configure.in etc are
modified the package knows whether to attempt to run (say)autoconf or to
return an error.
> >>configure: error: can not run ./config.sub
This is a problem. It could be permissions on the script, or it might be
a missing file if a broken tarball was downloaded, or it might be
something else needing further investigation.
> >>
>
> Usually you only need the autotools if you're doing something unusual
> (like maintaining the package itself, or porting to a NEW -- previously
> unsupported -- platform). Make *should* build using just a ./configure
> ; make.
Yep.
> But according to this user, it doesn't. Three possibilities:
>
> 1) make is 'unique' somehow in that 'just building it' requires some or
> all of the autotools. This user doesn't have them installed.
> ---> install automake, autoconf, and perl
Perl I think will be needed, but not automake and autoconf.
> 2) something in this user's setup is broken. Dunno what.
> ---> ???
See my 2nd paragraphs comments :].
> 3) the make tarball is somehow defective -- this could be as simple as
> doing a 'chmod +x' on config.sub after unpacking.
Definately check this.
Rob
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